Use-after-free in Xen - CVE-2013-4371
Published: October 18, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32629
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4371
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing unspecified vectors. A local users can cause a denial of service (heap corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
Xen
xen (Alpine package)
xen (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4371
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
xen (Alpine package) - update to 4.3.0-r8